Cai Jin
Banana Leaves Series(Painted In 2005)
Found at
China Guardian,
Hong Kong
Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Lot 767
2. Oct - 2. Oct 2017
Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Lot 767
2. Oct - 2. Oct 2017
Estimate: 280.000 - 380.000 HKD
Price realised: not available
Price realised: not available
Description
Oil on canvas
160 x 150 cm 63×59 in
Signed in English and dated on bottom left
EXHIBITED
5 Jun – 31 Jul 2005， Sexuality and Sadness， Beijing Tokyo Arts Project， Beijing
Private collection， AsiaCai Jin was born in China’s Anhui Province and graduated in 1986 from the Fine Arts Department of Anhui Normal University， and then continued her artistic education by attending oil painting workshops at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Her work is quite unlike the more politically accepted genre inspired by Russian oil paintings that was then prevalent， and this made her a notable female artist in the new art scene of post-1989 China. In 1990， by coincidence， during a return to her hometown， she was suddenly struck by the notion that bananas had something that strongly suggested a woman’s innate delicacy. From the very first time she painted them，
160 x 150 cm 63×59 in
Signed in English and dated on bottom left
EXHIBITED
5 Jun – 31 Jul 2005， Sexuality and Sadness， Beijing Tokyo Arts Project， Beijing
Private collection， AsiaCai Jin was born in China’s Anhui Province and graduated in 1986 from the Fine Arts Department of Anhui Normal University， and then continued her artistic education by attending oil painting workshops at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Her work is quite unlike the more politically accepted genre inspired by Russian oil paintings that was then prevalent， and this made her a notable female artist in the new art scene of post-1989 China. In 1990， by coincidence， during a return to her hometown， she was suddenly struck by the notion that bananas had something that strongly suggested a woman’s innate delicacy. From the very first time she painted them，
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